Polishing-mitten.



No. 027,030. PATLNTLD JULY s1, 1000. R. L. HILLS L v. L. BRL-3000100?.

POLSHING MITTEN.

APPLLGATION F1LLD'JAN.4.1005.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

PATENTED JULY 3l. 'i906 R. E. HILLS & V. E. BREVOORT. PLISHING MITTEN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. IL, 1905.

2 SHEETS/SHEET 2.-

WITNESS IVVENTOS e Rennen noe-fie niets inn vison; .im Bewoner., or ontnemen eine neteeneee.

peeiicntion of 'Lettere ietent.

To a/L whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, Rennen EDGAR Hints and VIRGIL Em Bnnvoonr, citizens of the United States. residing etDeloWa-re, in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio, here made certain new and useful improvements in Poiisliing-ll'littens, of which the following is e speeiiieetion.

Uur invention is an improvement in inittens intended and adapted for use in polishing shoes end other articles, ,the seme being provided with two thumbs errenged contiguonsly, so that e mitten may he Worn on either hend and either pelin serve es the polishing- The ehiefobjeet oi our invention is to effect en eoonorn),vr in labor end materiel in making up the mitten.

The invention is embodied in the form, nrrengement, and combination of parte hereinafter described and claimed, the seme being illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- 4 Figure l is s perspeetive View of our iinproved polishing-mitten. Fig. 2 is e. crosssection on the line 2 2 of Fig. i. Fig. 3 is e View illustrating the connection and arrangement of the mein pelnis sind thumb-palms with the upper pelrnepiece end the thumbbeeks. Fig. 4 is e. plan View illustrating the attachment and arrangement of e 0*ore with the upper portion of,-the mitten. lilig. .5 is e perspective edge View of the mitten. Fig. 6 1s a plan View of the mein palms and thumbpalms end their connecting portion es eX- tended in the Het. Fig. 7 is n pien View of the upper palm portion and thumh-iieclrs ne extended in the flot. Fig. 8 is e. pien View of the gore inserted opposite the upper pelin 'portion'. f

T he body oid the mitten is mede up oi the set-'eroi pieces shown in Figs. 6 to 8, inclusive. The two main polini-pieces or palms proper, A A, see Fig. 6,) ere 'refereblyconneoted by s narrow strip (i, w n'eh is'loceted et the oase of the thumb-palms o. Thus the several' parte nemed--to wit, the mein palms A, the thumb-palms a', and the con nesting-strip o-are all formed integrally or of one piece of material, and in practice all may he cut out et one operstion hy e die or" snitehie form and construction'. By this ineens We avoid the necessity of two seems down the side of the mitten n enving in. thetime und, ishor ,ofi up end se "ing, ee Well es in mienten reiger, ieee. j

The pieee A, Fig. 7, includes fthe outer' i sides or hacks @2.0i the thumbs and e. connecting pnlrnportion with whioh'they are in- The manner" of connecting these 'upper edge oi1 the connecting-strip a hetween the peints A is in practise sewed to.

the edge es, (seeFigQ 7,) which intervenes the thumb-'hacks e2, While the ecute-angled proiec'tions a4 {see Fig. 7) of the u per thumbpieee A intervene the bases o the thumbpslrns et end the adjacent portion a5 (see Fig. '6) of the elmo A. Thus two thumbs are formed, ti e seine lying adjacent, as shown in Fi i, on the seme side o1 the mitten, but ears adjacent to one of the palms. ln other Words, the two thumbs ere arranged on one side of the mitten with symmetrical relation to the two opposite palms, whereby the mitten is odset-ed 'to he worn on either hond with equal iseility, in. which cese one palm serres for the right hit-.nd and the other pelin for the lett bend.. The gore A (see Fig. 8) is inserted., es shown in Figs. l and 4, between the upper edges of the palms A on the side oi the mitten which. is opposite the uaper palm-piece A', As shown in Fig. 4, t .e upper end of the gore projects 1neyond the elrnieces, so that it forms, with the loan A3, t e top edge of the mitten.

To the mitten proper thus mede up We attach o poiishing materiel, the seme being sewed to the loody or palm portion of the mitten, so es to cover hotli sides, es ilinstinted in l ond f2. fil e here found that unshorn sheepskin is en excellent and We loe-- lieve the preferable materiel for' this purpose.

'Waterproof cloth, since this protects the hands from becoming Wet and soiled while vpolishing shoes, stoves, fnrnitin'le, floors, or

env other eimiisr surieee requiring polish.

The adaptation of the mitten, for polishing shoes er other articles hevinge. curved or irreguiar suriieee is apparent, since it is highly flexible', and thus ede ted to he brought easily in Contact with all the parts requiring `te he nolished, so that the operation is repihe :mitten proper is preferably formedfot In practice either side of the mitten may be used 'for polishing either in the first or last stage but, lf'preferred, one side may be used .as a dauber and the other as a polisher proper tions and thumb-palms, formed of one piece of material, and thumb-backs and an upper palm iportion also formed of one piece, the same eine arranged and secured together, substantially as described. Y*

2. The improved double palm and thumb polishing-mitten, comprising main palms and thumb-palms formed integrally, the conneeting portion between the tWo palms being and an: upper located at the bases of' the said thumb-palms,

almaiece formed' integral with the thum bac s, the art or edge /zo which intervenes the thumb-backs having practically the same extension as the ortion which connects the main alms an sewed thereto, and .the angular si e edges of the up-` per palm portion being ysewed to the respec-` tive main palms and the thumbepalmsvat the bases of the latter and on the outerlsidesr of' the same, substantially as deseribed.

REUBEN EDGAR ,HILLS-.v j. VIRGH, ELI BREVoQR'lz-f Witnesses: i y

Gino. H. WATKINS, LoT'rIE Serum* 

